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ISIS in Sinai Claims Attack on Hamas in Gaza

Islamic State's (ISIS) threats to declare war on Hamas in Gaza after the latter began a crackdown on local Salafist groups appears to be edging to fruition, after an ISIS-affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday claimed launching two "bombs" – apparently mortar shells – at Hamas posts in Gaza.

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which earlier this year swore loyalty to ISIS and changed its name to Sinai Province, claimed credit for the attack on a military post of Hamas's "military wing," the Al-Qassam Brigades in Khan Younis, located in southern Gaza.

The ISIS forces said they conducted the attack due to Hamas's actions towards Salafists in Gaza, reports Walla!.

They warned in a message to Gaza residents: "distance yourself from military and security posts and guard your lives." To the Salafists currently jailed by Hamas, who reportedly have been tortured, they wrote, "we will not give up on saving you."